Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McDonoghville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McDonoghville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McDonoghville

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for McDonoghville:
  • 29.925760, -90.046182
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on McDonoghville

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Jefferson Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Parish
  • Since McDonoghville is near Orleans Parish and also Saint Bernard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Bernard Parish

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for McDonoghville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McDonoghville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Cutoff
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cutoff is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutoff
• English Turn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
• Forest Isle
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Isle is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Isle
• Garden District
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Garden District is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden District
• Greenville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenville is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
• Harvey
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Harvey is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvey <1>
• Storyville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Storyville is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storyville
• Tall Timbers
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tall Timbers is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers
• Terrytown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Terrytown is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terrytown <1>
• Timber Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Timber Grove is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Grove
• Walkertown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Walkertown is located in Jefferson Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
• Walnut Street Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Street Ferry is located in Orleans Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Street Ferry

How Far From McDonoghville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as McDonoghville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McDonoghville and extending to:

• Gretna, which is the Seat of Jefferson Parish, lies just to the Southwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from McDonoghville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 964 miles [1,551.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,566 miles [12,176.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,443 miles [8,759.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'